Wednesday, May 25, 2011

A Preschool Storytime Visit: Friends in Spring!

I presented two storytimes to a visiting preschool last month, and am only now posting about it because things have been so busy while getting ready for the Summer Reading Club!  Both classes walked to the library on a cool April day; the first class had 55 kids and the second had 17.  The following is a combined list of what we did in each storytime session, the theme of which was friends in spring!



Hello song: "Hand Waves Hello"

Hides behind:  Flowers


  
Fingerplay: "Hickory Dickory Dock"

Book: My Garden by Kevin Henkes


Flannel board story made from A House for Birdie by Stuart Murphy:



Music: "List of Dances" from Jim Gill Makes It Noisy in Boise, Idaho by Jim Gill



Fingerplay:  "Roll, Roll, Sugarbabies"

Storycards made from the book Do's and Don'ts by Todd Parr


Book:  Duckie's Ducklings by Frances Barry



Storycards made from the book Whose Tail? by O.J. Robertson

Whose Tail is an old book, the cover of which is unavailable--so Eeyore will do!


Book:  Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes


Flannel board story made from the book Millie Wants to Play by Janet Pedersen


Fingerplay:  "Two Little Blackbirds"

Storycards made from the book That's What Friends are For by Valeri Gorbachev
Book:  Duckie's Rainbow by Frances Barry



Storycards made from the book Things that Make You Feel Good/Things that Make You Feel Bad by Todd Parr



Goodbye Song: "My Hands Say Thank You"

Extras:
Books:
Who's on the Farm?  by Heather Gondek
Mouse's First Spring by Lauren Thompson
Big Book:  One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root





Song: "My Hand Waves Hello"
(To the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell")
wave hand hello
My hand waves hello,
my hand waves hello!
Every time I see my friends,
my hand waves hello.
-then choose another body part with which to wave-
wave feet hello
My feet wave hello,
my feet wave hello!
Every time I see my friends,
my feet wave hello.
-repeat as many times as desired with different parts, i.e. hair, elbows, head, etc.)

Fingerplay: "Hickory Dickory Dock"
Hickory dickory dock
Tap lap, alternating hands
The mouse runs up the clock
Use two fingers to run up arm
The clock strikes one
Clap once
The mouse runs down
Use two fingers to run down arm
Hickory dickory dock
Tap lap, alternating hands
Hickory dickory dock
Tap lap, alternating hands
The mouse runs up the clock
Use two fingers to run up arm
The clock strikes two
Clap twice
The mouse says, "whew"
wipe brow
Hickory dickory dock
Tap lap, alternating hands
Hickory dickory dock
Tap lap, alternating hands
The mouse runs up the clock
Use two fingers to run up arm
The clock strikes three
Clap three times
The mouse goes "whee!!"
Slide two fingers down arm
Hickory dickory dock
Tap lap, alternating hands
Hickory dickory dock
Tap lap, alternating hands
The mouse runs up the clock
Use two fingers to run up arm
The clock strikes four
Clap four times
The mouse says, "no more"
wave finger
Hickory dickory dock
Tap lap, alternating hands


Fingerplay: "Roll, Roll, Sugarbabies"
Roll roll sugarbabies
spin fists in a circle in front of you
Roll roll sugarbabies
spin fists in front of you
Push!
push out
Pull!
pull inward
Clap clap clap!
clap when you say clap
(repeat as many times as desired doing it fast, slow, big, tiny, etc.)



Fingerplay: "Two Little Blackbirds" (with little blackbird puppets)
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill
Hold up thumbs of each hand
One named Jack
Move right thumb
One named Jill
Move left thumb
Fly away Jack
Put right thumb behind back
Fly away Jill
Put left thumb behind back
Come back Jack
Bring back right thumb to front
Come back Jill
Bring back left thumb to front
Now let's pretend they're sitting on a cloud!
Hold up thumbs above head
Two little blackbirds sitting on a cloud
Hold up thumbs of each hand above head
(whisper) One named Soft
Move left thumb
(shout) ONE NAMED LOUD!
Move right thumb
(whisper) Fly away Soft
Put right thumb behind back
(shout) FLY AWAY LOUD
Put left thumb behind back
(whisper) Come back Soft
Bring back right thumb to front
(shout) COME BACK LOUD
Bring back left thumb to front
Now let's pretend they're sitting on a row instead
Hold thumbs of each hand low, near your lap
Two little blackbirds sitting in a row
Move thumbs of each hand
One named Fast
Move right thumb
(speak sloooowly) And one named Slow
Move thumb of left hand
Fly away Fast!
Move thumb of right hand really fast behind back
(speak sloooowly) Fly away Slow
Move thumb of left hand really slowly behind back
Come back Fast
Move thumb of right hand really fast back to front
(speak sloooowly) Come back Slow
Move thumb of left hand really slowly back to front




Song: "My Hands Say Thank You"
My hand says thank you with a clap clap clap!
Clap hands when you say clap
My feet say thank you with a tap tap tap!
Tap feet when you say tap
Clap clap clap!
Clap hands when you say clap
Tap tap tap!
Tap feet when you say tap
Do a turn!
Turn around
Take a bow!
Bow
(repeat if desired)

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